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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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July 23, 2021
Oceans and Seas
Five Movies Worth Watching About Conflict at Sea
Every summer Friday, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films about stormy relationships and battles at sea.
December 6, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Good Books
The annual prizes for the best books on the Middle East have just been awarded by the Washington Institute for Middle East Policy. I served as a juror and highly recommend all three winners. The anno…
September 16, 2014
Middle East and North Africa
UNDOF Flees
After forty years, UN forces meant to separate Israel and Syria have fled their posts--fled into Israel, for safety. Here is the account from The Tower web site: The United Nations Disengagement Obs…
November 28, 2012
North Korea
South Korea’s Launch and North Korean Satellite Envy: Take Two
In a previous post from last month, I asserted that South Korea’s efforts to launch its own satellite would likely enrage North Korea, which is banned from conducting similar launches under UN Securi…
July 15, 2013
Americas
The Implications of China’s Economic Slowdown
News of a credit crunch and broader economic slowdown in China once again raises the question of how that country’s evolving economy might affect its political trajectory. The traditional view of mod…
